Bust Types 101The alpha-numeric designations below are from RIC VII. (i) Plain busts
(A) bare headed busts
A1 bare headed, draped
| A2 bare headed, draped, and cuirassed seen from back (from behind)
| A3 bare headed, draped, and cuirassed facing | A4 bare headed, draped, and cuirassed (from the front)
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A5 bare headed, cuirassed | A6 mantled, waved hair | |
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(B) laureate busts
B1 laureate head
| B2 laureate looking upwards | B3 laureate, draped, and cuirassed seen from behind | B4 laureate, draped, and cuirassed (from the front) | | Does it exist?
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B5 cuirassed | B6 wearing trabea |
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(C) radiate busts
C1 radiate head
| C2 radiate, draped and cuirassed seen from behind | C3 radiate, draped, and cuirassed (from the front)
| C4 radiate and cuirassed
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(D) helmeted busts
D1 helmeted, draped, and cuirassed | D2 helmeted and cuirassed | D3 VRBS ROMA, imperial cloak | D4 VRBS ROMA, helmet with plume |
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D5 helmeted, laureate, draped, and cuirassed
| D6 helmeted, laureate, and cuirassed
| D7 wearing high crested helmet and cuirassed |
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(E) diademed busts
E1 plain diadem | E2 rosette diadem | E3 pearl diadem | E4 plain diadem looking upwards | |
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E5 rosette diademed, looking upwards | E6 pearl diademed, looking upwards | E7 plain diademed, draped, and cuirassed | E8 rosette diademed, draped, and cuirassed |
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E9 pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed |
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LinksRIC VII Bust types on Constantine the Great coins.com - http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/busts/
|Dictionary of Roman Coins|
| Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Bust. - This term is derived from the Italian Busto and the French Buste. It is applied to representations of people that do not extend below the waist.
One of the most ancient ways of representing gods and heroes, under human features, was that of showing only their heads.
The invention of busts is one that dates from a much later epoch. These show the head and shoulders, and a small |part| of the chest; at other times the head with the whole chest; a rarely, the full upper half of the body.
The Romans had a custom of placing busts of emperors and other great people on their coins, which helps us attribute the coins much more easily today.
| View whole page from the |Dictionary Of Roman Coins|
- 101Ancient| |Coin Collecting| 101Uncleaned
Ancient Coins 101Roman Coin Attribution 101Greek
Coin Collecting 101Patina| 101Magnification|
101Diameter| 101Die Alignment| 101Ancient Coin Prices 101
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Bust Types 101The alpha-numeric designations below are from RIC VII. (i) Plain busts
(A) bare headed busts
A1 bare headed, draped
| A2 bare headed, draped, and cuirassed seen from back (from behind)
| A3 bare headed, draped, and cuirassed facing | A4 bare headed, draped, and cuirassed (from the front)
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A5 bare headed, cuirassed | A6 mantled, waved hair | |
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(B) laureate busts
B1 laureate head
| B2 laureate looking upwards | B3 laureate, draped, and cuirassed seen from behind | B4 laureate, draped, and cuirassed (from the front) | |
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B5 cuirassed | B6 wearing trabea |
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(C) radiate busts
C1 radiate head
| C2 radiate, draped and cuirassed seen from behind | C3 radiate, draped, and cuirassed (from the front)
| C4 radiate and cuirassed
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(D) helmeted busts
D1 helmeted, draped, and cuirassed | D2 helmeted and cuirassed | D3 VRBS ROMA, imperial cloak | D4 VRBS ROMA, helmet with plume |
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D5 helmeted, laureate, draped, and cuirassed
| D6 helmeted, laureate, and cuirassed
| D7 wearing high crested helmet and cuirassed |
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(E) diademed busts
E1 plain diadem | E2 rosette diadem | E3 pearl diadem | E4 plain diadem looking upwards | |
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E5 rosette diademed, looking upwards | E6 pearl diademed, looking upwards | E7 plain diademed, draped, and cuirassed | E8 rosette diademed, draped, and cuirassed |
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E9 pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed |
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LinksRIC VII Bust types on Constantine the Great coins.com - http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/busts/
|Dictionary of Roman Coins|
| Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Bust. - This term is derived from the Italian Busto and the French Buste. It is applied to representations of people that do not extend below the waist.
One of the most ancient ways of representing gods and heroes, under human features, was that of showing only their heads.
The invention of busts is one that dates from a much later epoch. These show the head and shoulders, and a small |part| of the chest; at other times the head with the whole chest; a rarely, the full upper half of the body.
The Romans had a custom of placing busts of emperors and other great people on their coins, which helps us attribute the coins much more easily today.
| View whole page from the |Dictionary Of Roman Coins|
- 101Ancient| |Coin Collecting| 101Uncleaned
Ancient Coins 101Roman Coin Attribution 101Greek
Coin Collecting 101Patina| 101Magnification|
101Diameter| 101Die Alignment| 101Ancient Coin Prices 101
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